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How do you say "rain" in Chinese?
雨
yǔ
In Chinese, "rain" is 雨.
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Pronunciation
Pronounced 'yoo' (rhymes with 'boo') with rising tone, pitch ascends, sounds wet and flowing.
Writing and usage
A single character with 8 strokes; contains rain radical (雨 itself is the radical), fundamental character for all rain-related words.
Example sentence
今天下雨。
It is raining today.
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How to remember 雨
This character IS the rain radical, appearing in all weather words about precipitation.
Related words
- dangerous 危险 wēixiǎn
- difficult 困难 kùnnán
- eighty-seven 八十七 bā shí qī
- fourteen 十四 shí sì
- ninety-eight 九十八 jiǔ shí bā
- thirteen 十三 shí sān
- thirty-four 三十四 sān shí sì
- twenty-three 二十三 èr shí sān
- wrong 错误 cuòwù
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Questions about 雨
How do you say "rain" in Chinese?
In Chinese, "rain" is 雨. It is a noun.
How is 雨 written in Chinese?
A single character with 8 strokes; contains rain radical (雨 itself is the radical), fundamental character for all rain-related words.
How is 雨 used in a sentence?
Use 雨 as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: 今天下雨。 (It is raining today.).
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